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| name = WizardWorks Group, Inc.
| name = WizardWorks Group, Inc.
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| logo = WizardWorks logo.svg
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| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
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| num_employees = 19
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| num_employees_year = 2004
| num_employees_year = 2004
| parent = [[Atari, Inc. (Atari, SA subsidiary)|Atari, Inc.]] {{small|(1996–2004)}}
| parent = [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Atari]] {{small|(1996–2004)}}
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'''WizardWorks Group, Inc.''' was an American [[video game developer]] and [[Video game publisher|publisher]] based in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks openend the [[CompuWorks]] and [[MacSoft]] divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by [[GT Interactive]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+acquires+The+WizardWorks+Group,+a+leading+software...-a018417293|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514153539/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+acquires+The+WizardWorks+Group%2c+a+leading+software...-a018417293|title=GT Interactive acquires The WizardWorks Group, a leading software publisher|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=May 14, 2014|date=June 25, 1996|accessdate=September 4, 2021|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Svensson|first=Christian |title=GT Bags FormGen|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=21 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=September 1996|page=24}}</ref> to become part of their [[GT Value Products]] umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became [[Infogrames, Inc.]] and later [[Atari, Inc. (Atari, SA subsidiary)|Atari, Inc.]] on March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Curt |title=Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/deer-hunter-publisher-shuttered/1100-6092469|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=17 August 2017|date=March 29, 2004}}</ref>
'''WizardWorks Group, Inc.''' was an American [[video game developer]] and [[Video game publisher|publisher]] based in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks opened the [[CompuWorks]] and [[MacSoft]] divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by [[GT Interactive]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+acquires+The+WizardWorks+Group,+a+leading+software...-a018417293|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514153539/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+acquires+The+WizardWorks+Group%2c+a+leading+software...-a018417293|title=GT Interactive acquires The WizardWorks Group, a leading software publisher|website=[[Business Wire]]|archivedate=May 14, 2014|date=June 25, 1996|accessdate=September 4, 2021|via=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Svensson|first=Christian |title=GT Bags FormGen|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=21 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=September 1996|page=24}}</ref> to become part of their [[GT Value Products]] umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Atari]]. On March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Curt |title=Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/deer-hunter-publisher-shuttered/1100-6092469|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=17 August 2017|date=March 29, 2004}}</ref>


== Games published ==
== Games published ==
* ''[[Gold_Box#Collections|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition]]''
* ''[[911 Fire Rescue]]''
* ''[[Gold Box#Collections|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition]]''
* ''[[Beach Head 2000]]''
* ''[[Beach Head 2000]]''
* ''[[Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold]]''
* ''[[Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold]]''
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* ''[[Emergency: Fighters for Life]]''
* ''[[Emergency: Fighters for Life]]''
* ''Fun Pack 3D''
* ''Fun Pack 3D''
* ''H!ZONE''
* ''[[Heretic (video game)|H!ZONE]]''
* ''[[Hell to Pay (video game)|Hell to Pay]]''
* ''[[Hell to Pay (video game)|Hell to Pay]]''
* ''[[Harley-Davidson: Race Across America]]''
* ''[[Harley-Davidson: Race Across America]]''
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* ''Perdition's Gate''
* ''Perdition's Gate''
* ''[[Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus]]''
* ''[[Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus]]''
* ''Q!ZONE''
* ''[[Quake (video game)|Q!ZONE]]''
* ''[[Rudolph's Magical Sleigh Ride]]''
* ''[[Rudolph's Magical Sleigh Ride]]''
* ''[[Robot Arena]]''
* ''[[Robot Arena]]''
* ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter]]''
* ''[[Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter]]''
* ''S!ZONE'' (City pack for [[SimCity]] and [[SimCity 2000]])
* ''[[Secret of the Silver Blades]]''
* ''[[Secret of the Silver Blades]]''
* ''[[Skunny]]''
* ''[[Skunny]]''
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* ''[[Swamp Buggy Racing]]''
* ''[[Swamp Buggy Racing]]''
* ''[[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]]''
* ''[[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]]''
* ''W!ZONE''
* ''[[Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness|W!ZONE]]''
* ''[[X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse]]''


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20011009000209/http://wizardworks.com/}} (archived on October 9, 2001)
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20011009000209/http://wizardworks.com/}} (archived on October 9, 2001)

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[[Category:Video game companies established in 1980]]
[[Category:Video game companies established in 1980]]
[[Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2004]]
[[Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2004]]
[[Category:Defunct video game companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct video game companies of the United States]]



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WizardWorks Group, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedAugust 21, 1980; 43 years ago (1980-08-21)
DefunctMarch 29, 2004 (2004-03-29)
FateDissolved by parent
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
,
U.S.
Area served
North America
Number of employees
19 (2004)
ParentAtari (1996–2004)

WizardWorks Group, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks opened the CompuWorks and MacSoft divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive[1][2] to become part of their GT Value Products umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became Atari. On March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in Beverly, Massachusetts.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "GT Interactive acquires The WizardWorks Group, a leading software publisher". Business Wire. June 25, 1996. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2021 – via The Free Dictionary.
  2. ^ Svensson, Christian (September 1996). "GT Bags FormGen". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. p. 24.
  3. ^ Feldman, Curt (March 29, 2004). "Deer Hunter Publisher Shuttered". GameSpot. Retrieved August 17, 2017.

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